Remember when Mark Coury started for Kentucky during Billy Clyde's first season at Kentucky? We all thought it was silly, but knew that Clyde was trying to send the message to the other (better) players that if you play hard in practice, you get to play on gameday. In most games, Coury would start, play a few useless minutes, and then ride the pine for the remainder of the game. Keep in mind, Coury came to Kentucky under Tubby Smith and was a walk-on from day one. No one (including Coury himself most likely) thought the kid would play any kind of major role in the grand scheme of things at UK.However, this article doesn't quite describe it that way, glossing over the details to make Coury sound like he was good enough to start at Kentucky but now has to ride the bench at Cornell. Truth be told, Coury couldn't make the squad as a manager on this year's Kentucky team, much less be a starter. We have NBA players riding the pine, and touted recruits like Jon Hood, seeing only the last few minutes of basketball games that are already well in hand. Honestly, Coury would have been sent packing almost immediately, had he stuck around.
But Coury left so he could study at an Ivy League school, something very few people have the opportunity to do. While his limited role at Kentucky might have opened the door, Coury is making the most of it, and kudos to him for that. However, please stop with this "starter for Kentucky now on the bench at Cornell" talk because it just doesn't jive with the facts. If anything, it only proves how talent deficient Kentucky was before John Calipari took over the program last April.
Coury a starter at Kentucky? Not this year.
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